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Post by Joe Neglia on Oct 3, 2013 18:58:57 GMT -5
Anyone remember these, or had any? They were around in the very late 90s/early 2000s, mostly available through comic shops and online. They weren't up to the standards of even that time period, compared to what Jakks and Toy Biz were doing with WWF and WCW but it was kind of cool seeing an entire line of nothing but old legends. Pretty much every figure had a "blood-splattered" variant.
Does anyone have a complete checklist of these guys? I had the first handful (King Kong Bundy, Abdullah, Killer Kowalski) but quickly lost track. I know they did original Sheik, Eddie Gilbert and about 20-30 others.
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Post by jason1980s on Oct 3, 2013 19:26:02 GMT -5
They were great. They were right in line with the Jakks size (Jakks did four Legends in 1998 but they were huge). They were before the 2004 classic series so in a sense they were ahead of the time. Sadly they didn't last long. I think instead of bloody they should have done a different guy figure. But I suppose the molds would be costly as opposed to repaints. They started getting Jakks lazy with guys in outfits they didn't really wear (Bob Orton in lime, Tito in bright orange, Jimmy Valiant in plain white).
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Post by Todd Pettengill on Oct 3, 2013 20:34:23 GMT -5
There were a lot of really weird wrestling figures available by the late 90s (ie. I was given an Owen Hart & Rock Extreme Scuba Diving set of figures). I'm unaware of the line of toys Madison is discussing, but they sound horribly awesome & am hoping someone has pics!
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Post by Joe Neglia on Oct 3, 2013 20:53:31 GMT -5
There were a lot of really weird wrestling figures available by the late 90s (ie. I was given an Owen Hart & Rock Extreme Scuba Diving set of figures). I'm unaware of the line of toys Madison is discussing, but they sound horribly awesome & am hoping someone has pics! Some of the later ones:  |
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Post by Todd Pettengill on Oct 3, 2013 20:57:32 GMT -5
There were a lot of really weird wrestling figures available by the late 90s (ie. I was given an Owen Hart & Rock Extreme Scuba Diving set of figures). I'm unaware of the line of toys Madison is discussing, but they sound horribly awesome & am hoping someone has pics! Some of the later ones: I'm so glad they included Referee in there! He's my favorite legend of all time! Also Cracking up at "Young" Bruno... |
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Post by slappy on Oct 3, 2013 21:02:38 GMT -5
Somewhere I have Kamala and Abdullah the Butcher.
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Post by mizerable on Oct 3, 2013 21:11:56 GMT -5
I knew about Abdullah and such, but wasn't aware these figures went on so for long. Ox Baker getting one is pretty cool. Also, that is a very scrubby ref, too bad he looks more like an Attitude ref over a classic version.
Too bad they didn't make Dick the Bruiser or Wilbur Snyder. I'd love to pick those up for my dad.
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Post by thetower52 on Oct 3, 2013 22:05:30 GMT -5
I think I bought 100 dollars worth of these from wrestling superstore and never got them
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Post by Kash Flagg on Oct 3, 2013 22:14:49 GMT -5
Anyone remember these, or had any? They were around in the very late 90s/early 2000s, mostly available through comic shops and online. They weren't up to the standards of even that time period, compared to what Jakks and Toy Biz were doing with WWF and WCW but it was kind of cool seeing an entire line of nothing but old legends. Pretty much every figure had a "blood-splattered" variant. Does anyone have a complete checklist of these guys? I had the first handful (King Kong Bundy, Abdullah, Killer Kowalski) but quickly lost track. I know they did original Sheik, Eddie Gilbert and about 20-30 others. Seems to be complete. Who the hell wanted a glow in the dark Ivan Putski figure!? |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Oct 3, 2013 22:26:07 GMT -5
Oh wow, they have listings not only for "Referee" which we've already seen, but Security and Event Staff too. Google Images brought up nothing but I'm dying to see what those two look like.
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Post by mizerable on Oct 3, 2013 22:35:47 GMT -5
Who the hell wanted a glow in the dark Ivan Putski figure!? It may make his shitty matches slightly less painful to watch. |
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Post by jason1980s on Oct 4, 2013 13:27:52 GMT -5
They were like $8 or $10 when they first came out but by 2005 the company was selling the entire collection for what would amount around $2 a piece. I bought the whole collection so I could get the carded/boxed ones signed and it was sure a huge box they were all sent in.
Even though Remco made the cloth outfits in the 1980s, at the period of late 1990s not many places were doing cloth outfits so Figures was ahead of the times in a way. They were getting lazy with the same molds and same box for each of the latter figures. Still, a pretty cool line that deserves more attention than it gets.
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Post by Boshek on Oct 9, 2013 13:48:41 GMT -5
I have them all. Back in the day I had a figure fed with them too.
Also, Captain Lou has a different body than his picture.
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Post by The Masked Heel WAS WRONG on Oct 10, 2013 19:13:18 GMT -5
Anyone remember these, or had any? They were around in the very late 90s/early 2000s, mostly available through comic shops and online. They weren't up to the standards of even that time period, compared to what Jakks and Toy Biz were doing with WWF and WCW but it was kind of cool seeing an entire line of nothing but old legends. Pretty much every figure had a "blood-splattered" variant. Does anyone have a complete checklist of these guys? I had the first handful (King Kong Bundy, Abdullah, Killer Kowalski) but quickly lost track. I know they did original Sheik, Eddie Gilbert and about 20-30 others. Seems to be complete. Who the hell wanted a glow in the dark Ivan Putski figure!? GLOWISH POWER! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2013 0:25:29 GMT -5
I remember wanting the Bundy figure, since I was big on reenacting older WWF shows with my figures. I didn't realize guys like Albano, Santana, and Steamboat had figures, though. I would've swiped those up in a heartbeat.
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